ARIA: the UK's speculative, high risk research that flies in the face of international agreements, planetary guardrails, & democratic norms.
Read our report: www.etcgroup.org/content/aria...
@handsoffmotherearth.org @nickywoolf.bsky.social @parismarx.com @techwontsave.us @karenhao.bsky.social
What is ARIA?
Our new report brings to light the worrying defiance of democratic norms built into the UK government’s billion-pound 'deeptech' agency: www.etcgroup.org/content/aria...
@peterjukes.bsky.social @lucraghallaigh.bsky.social @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @adamramsay.bsky.social
📢 Join us next week for an important webinar where experts breakdown who is bankrolling solar geoengineering research.
🗓️ 26 Mar
🕐 2-3 PM UTC
📍 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🌐 EN, ES, FR
We will analyse funding sources, why it is increasing so rapidly, and likely risks and impacts.
The industrial food system depends on synthetic fertilizers, fossil fuels, and volatile global supply chains, concentrated into the hands of just a few huge companies.
Every crisis exposes how vulnerable this model really is.
Read our statement: www.etcgroup.org/content/expe...
🌍 New article: Sun-dimming is the new climate #colonialism
bit.ly/4uSq2YO
Drawing on Gaza, Mohammed Usrof warns that solar geoengineering is being shaped by power, not consent, & highlights how harm can be normalised through bureaucracy.
Hear him LIVE: 26 March | 2PM UTC
Register: bit.ly/4lzzUCm
🚢 The #HormuzStrait blockage is a crisis for industry - but a handful of huge commodities traders have the power to turn a supply chain choke into an opportunity for profit.
ICYMI: Our research Grain Traders, Greed and Oligopoly Power is available here - www.etcgroup.org/content/grai...
#PressReleaseAlert
📖 A new report launched today by @boell.de "Who Funds and Who Pays: the funding of solar geoengineering” reveals that funding jumped from under $6 million in 2020 to over $60 million by 2025
@foeint.bsky.social @etcgroup.bsky.social @solargeoeng.bsky.social @geoengmon.bsky.social
Source: https://etcgroup.org/content/grain-traders-greed-and-oligopoly-power
Digitalisation is a game changer for ag commodity traders like ADM, Bunge or Cargill. AI lets them monitor supply chains to extract intelligence & boost their profits.
New report from @etcgroup.bsky.social explains it all: etcgroup.org/content/grai...
Thank you for walking alongside us throughout this year.
We value every encounter and exchange, and our shared work with you. May the coming year find us all still caring for life and strengthening food sovereignty.
We wish you a very happy 2026!
📣Join us tomorrow (14th November, 2pm) at the Peoples' Summit in Belem @COP30 to expose the scams of #technofixes! Mirante, Room/sala 305
@handsoffmotherearth.org @codingrights.bsky.social @gfc-forest.bsky.social @geoengmon.bsky.social @solargeoeng.bsky.social @ciel.org
We’re hiring! We’re looking for a versatile whizz with words to help craft our written comms in English, from helping to draft rigorous research reports to laser-focused op-eds & engaging & creative digital content. Deadline: end of day 16 Nov 2025. More details: www.etcgroup.org/content/vaca...
📣 At the 1st Pan-African Convening on the Future of Biodigital Technologies in Food & Agriculture, held in Addis Ababa 2–4 Oct, 130 participants from 33 African countries created a united Pan-African response grounded in African knowledge systems, justice, agroecology & food! tinyurl.com/m3we5vfz
At #IUCNCongress Motion 41, CBD moratorium on #geoengineering must be maintained and strengthened! The risks of geoengineering are unpredictable and can't be controlled. We need to change the system, not manipulate the planet. Find more information at HOME Alliance website handsoffmotherearth.org
Nature is not a lab! #IUCN2025 9–15 Oct is debating #geneticengineering as a “conservation tool.”
But release of #GMOs has major risks!
⚠️ They cannot be recalled
⚠️ Potential harm unpredictable & irreversible
📣 Sign petition for a global moratorium on the release of GE wild species: lnkd.in/epbc7jHM
Thrilled to see our game being played! Who won?
Starting soon, all welcome!
📣ETC Group, AfriTAP & AFSA webinar "Understanding Biodigital Technologies: A Global Overview and Impact on Food Systems” starts soon, all welcome #NoFalseSolutions
🗓️Jul 11, 2025
⏰5pm EAT, 3pm WAT, 4pm CEST
🔗Register in advance: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Source: https://grain.org/e/7284 Illustration: Andre M. Medina (@andre_m_medina)
Just 3 companies dominate the global poultry genetics market: Tyson, EW Group and Hendrix Genetics. They are expanding in Africa, where alleged collusion is impacting small producers. grain.org/e/7284 @etcgroup.bsky.social @ipes-food.org @afsafrica.bsky.social @oaklandinstitute.org
Around the world multilateral financial insitutions and other global finance have promote privatization of public services, commodification of land and natural resources. A global pushback is needed to build food sovereignty. Check out the new @infonyeleni.bsky.social nyeleni.org/en/category/...
🌍 This World #EnvironmentDay, we say:
⛔ No to geoengineering technofixes
✅ Yes to real #ClimateJustice
#HandsOffMotherEarth 🧵👇
@ciel.org @etcgroup.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social @solargeoeng.bsky.social @geoengmon.bsky.social @gfc-forest.bsky.social @gjep123.bsky.social
Agribiz corps continue strengthening stranglehold over the world's food supply, with devastating consequences for farmers, consumers & planet. Our latest research with @grain.org reveals extreme corporate control in 6 crucial sectors: www.etcgroup.org/content/top-... @earthjournalism.bsky.social
🌊 On #WorldOceansDay we are calling governments to halt dangerous marine geoengineering experiments that threaten ocean ecosystems and frontline communities
📖 👉 bit.ly/4kzpXnf
#StopGeoengineering #HandsOffOceans #UNOC2025 #MarineGeoengineering @ciel.org @cjaourpower.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social
